City Manager To Speak To Club

City Manager William Hargett will speak to the Greater Pompano Beach Republican Club at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Emma Lou Olson Center, 1801 NE Sixth St.

Settlement aids children's center

The Broward Children's Center has received $50,000 from the state, proceeds from Florida's settlement of an antitrust case against two major hospital corporations.

The Pompano Beach facility is a community-based, nonprofit agency providing services to 360 children with various disabilities and their families.

Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist said the money would be used for medical equipment and social services.

Under a consent agreement among the Attorney General's Office and Hospital Corporation of America Inc. and Cleveland Clinic Florida, each corporation was required to make restitution payments totaling $100,000 to provide medical and social services to under-served populations in Broward and Collier counties.

Retiree group to meet Sept. 24

The National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Pompano Beach Chapter 558, will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the John Knox Village auditorium, 615 SW Sixth St.